Improvement in tobacco-curing apparatus



I. B. SMITH.

TOBACCO CURING APPARATUS. No'.177,761. Patented May 23; 876.

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UNITED STATES JOHN SMITH, OF MILTON, NORTHCAROLINA.

., IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCO- CURING APPARATUS;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,761, dated May 23,1876 application filed January 29,1876. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN B. SMITH, of Milton, Oaswcll county, NorthCarolina, have invented a new and Improved TobaccoGuring Apparatus, ofwhich the following is aspecifioation: p

The invention consists in a certain combination of means by whichtobacco may be thoroughly and economically cured, the same beinghereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a tobaccocuring barn contrivedaccording to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, and

Fig. 3 is'a plan View, of one of'the frames.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-' sponding parts.

A represents wires, on which I string the tobacco-leaves, which I passthrough the stems as I gather the leaves, said wires being coiled at oneend,- to connect with they pegsof the frames 0, and straight at theother end, for passing through the leaf-stems, but, when full, are bentaround the nails of the frames 0, as represented at D, to secure thewires in position. The framesG have handles E and short legs F, by whichto carry them about the field ground while loadingand rest them on thethem with tobacco.

The frames, when loaded, are placed with their ends between theguide-studs G of the" curing-house, and-hoisted up to the positionwherethey are to rest for drying. by suitable tackle H, and are securedby cross-pieces I, let into notches J under the frames. Whensutficiently dried, the frames are let down and the leaves stripped offfrom the wires, which are first straightened for that purpose,and

.JOHN B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

A. L. SMITH,- T. W. LONG.

